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§=::~~:¨¨¨          ¨¨#% AN ANECDOTE %#¨¨           ¨¨¨:~~::=§
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§=~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ TODAY  IT RAINED, AND I WOULD GO OUTSIDE ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~=§
###§%=:~:¨ I THOUGHT, SO I  SMOKED A PIPE  AND  GOT ¨:~:=%§###
#@#§%=:~:¨ DRESSED,   AND   OUTSIDE  THE  RAIN  HAD ¨:~:=%§#@#
#%%%:::¨¨¨ TURNED INTO  SNOW SO  THICK  THAT IT WAS ¨¨¨:::%%%#
§==~:::¨¨¨ AS  DENSE FOG ... AND THEN I WENT TO GET ¨¨¨:::~==§
§%%::¨¨¨¨¨ THE MAIL,  BUT THERE WAS A WOMAN AND  WE ¨¨¨¨¨::%%§
#@#§%=:~:¨ TALKED A LITTLE.  NOW BECAUSE I WAS HIGH ¨:~:=%§#@#
##@#§=:~:¨ AND IT WAS SNOWING  SO  FUNNY AND  I HAD ¨:~:=§#@##
#@#§%=:~:¨ AN UMBRELLA AGAINST  THE  SNOW, BUT SNOW ¨:~:=%§#@#
@§%:~¨¨¨¨¨ ALL  OVER MY FACE ANYWAY, AND I WONDERED ¨¨¨¨¨~:%§@
§=::¨¨¨¨¨¨         ABOUT MYSELF, AND MY LIFE        ¨¨¨¨¨¨::=§
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